Toyota announced a new sports car

December 15, 2017 by autotimesnews

The company Toyota will present a new concept under the sub-brand GR at the Tokyo tuning show. The exhibition will open in January 2018.

The novelty was called GR Super Sport Concept, before the debut of the sports car, the Japanese distributed its teaser. Judging by the picture, a racing car will be shown in Tokyo. No other details about the car yet.

The exhibition will also feature racing Yaris WRC and TS050 Hybrid. In addition, Toyota will bring to the tuning show the “charged” coupe 86 GR and hatchback Vitz GRMN. Coupe is equipped with a 2.0 engine, the return of which has not yet been disclosed. In the arsenal of this model are: reinforced brakes, suspension with shock absorbers Sachs, self-locking differential Torsen, seats Recaro. Under the hood of the three-door hatch, the Vitz GRMN has an engine 1.8 with 210 hp, the model also has Sachs shock absorbers and sports seats.

In Japan, applications for the coupe Toyota 86 GR will begin to be accepted next week. Hatch Vitz GRMN can be ordered in the spring 2018, the edition of hatch limited to only 150 copies.

Recall, in September of this year, Toyota told about a new subbrand GR, under which worldwide they will sell “charged” versions of serial models of the brand. The GR lineup has its own differentiation. So, the prefix GR Parts means that the machine received some aftermarket parts; GR Sport – the program of adjustments of an initial level; GR – more serious changes. Finally, the prefix GRMN will receive machines with the maximum level of improvements.